In the aftermath of battle, Flesh Tearers Chapter Master Amit picks his way across the blasted landscape and is drawn into single combat with a survivor of the enemy force, a berserker dedicated to the Blood God. As they fight, Amit begins to realise that at slaughter’s end, he and the servant of Khorne are not so dissimilar….

++‘Life signs stable.’
‘He looks… troubled.’
‘Many going through sus-an membrane coma experience discomfort as part of the revivification process.’
‘Do you think he’s reliving what happened to him on Damnos?’
‘Perhaps, it would be his last memory before slipping into a coma.’
‘I cannot imagine that would be a pleasant experience. That thing very nearly cut him in half.’
‘He endures, and will rise again.’
‘You’re confident about that?’
‘Yes.’
‘And what about the state of his mind? Will that be intact?’
‘I… cannot answer.’++.